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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Lots of ppl hate sex workers, which sometimes tempts me to underplay the negative aspects of my job - stuff they'd use to reinforce their position. But me being dishonest about my reality also reinforces them. I have much more hope in persistent, nuanced honesty.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
And the best way to change someone's mind or allow your mind to be changed by them is to demonstrate that you're not enemies and you won't hurt them, that you will refuse to use dishonesty or manipulation to advance your own position, that you want the truth to destroy one of you
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
And similarly, I want to be unafraid to being up negative aspects of other perspectives I don't belong to, without this meaning I'm at war. A lot of painful truths are used as attack points; I want to name those truths without using them as attack points.
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@AmandaL76538697
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@Aella_Girl
I gotta say, after hearing you on the Blocked and Reported podcast, my eyes were opened about the fact that sex work could actually be an enjoyable job. I was already past the point of being overtly judgy, but I really didn't understand that some people might actually like it.
Simon Kendrick
@simon_paulp9987
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@Aella_Girl
Lots of people like sex workers. Lots of people think sex workers are just people. Lots of people disagree with lots of people on just about everything. You can't fix stupid. Continuing to be honest is a good strategy. Don't get down when you can't reason with everyone